Art& Culture
An important preparatory meeting for the long-awaited Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections was held at the university’s Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban yesterday.The meeting, chaired by Chief Returning Officer Dr Mohammad Zashim Uddin, a profess...
National,Politics
Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, has been registered as a voter in Dhaka after the Election Commission collected information about her.EC officials said her information was gathered during door-to-door data collection as part of the ongoing voter list update.Asked, A...
Dismissed members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), now Border Guard Bangladesh, staged a protest on Monday to realise their three-point demand that includes reinstatement to their jobs.The demonstration began with a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar around 12:30pm, from where the protesters marched...
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday condemned the mob attack carried out during the detention of former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda, saying such actions are unacceptable.If any member from the law enforcement agencies found involved in the incident, the...
The National Citizen Party (NCP) submitted their applications to the Election Commission on Sunday, the last day for filing registration requests.An NCP delegation went to Nirbachan Bhaban at 4pm and submitted their application seeking it to be registered with the EC. “We've submitted...
The European Union (EU) on Sunday said it is engaging with the Bangladesh Election Commission and civil society as part of its support for preparations ahead of the upcoming national election.The European Union Delegation and its partners seek to empower civil society in building a more democratic f...
National,Politics,Art& Culture
BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday said their party wants to create a discrimination-free environment to rebuild the education system and promote research to prevent brain drain.“We want to build the education sector in such a way that both education and research can progress, and th...
National,Healthcare,Politics,Art& Culture
The protesting students of Dhaka Medical College (DMC) have issued a 24 hour ultimatum to press home their five-point demand including resolving the accommodation crisis.The students gave the ultimatum at a press conference followed by a meeting with the college principal on Sunday noon.Abdullah Nom...
BNP on Sunday filed a case against 24 people, including former Chief Election Commissioners, EC Commissioners and other officials involved in conducting the 10th, 11th and 12th national elections, alleging irregularities and biased conduct.A four-member BNP delegation, led by party’s National ...
Business & Commerce
Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh, Ghanshyam Bhandari underscored the growing appeal of Nepal among Bangladeshi travelers. He said that tourism is not just an economic activity but a celebration of the longstanding friendship and shared heritage between the two nations.The envoy was addressing ...
Entertainment & Glomour
Chhayanaut organised its annual Barsha Utsab on Friday evening, celebrating the beauty of the monsoon with music and remembering poet Sufia Kamal, the founding president of Chhayanaut. The colourful programme was held at the Chhayanaut Sangskriti Bhaban auditorium in Dhanmondi.The event began at 7pm...
City
Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Dr. Shahadat Hossain said that if Chattogram is to become self-reliant in meeting development expenditure, it must focus more on revenue collection.At the same time, it must be ensured that no citizen is harassed while paying taxes.He came up with these remark...
Consumers in vast areas around the capital have been experiencing low gas pressure from Wednesday. People are finding it difficult to cook at homePetrobangla authorities said that due to adverse weather conditions, it has not been possible to load LNG cargo ships into the Floating Storage and Regasi...
The Institute of Chartered Accounts of Bangladesh (ICAB) urged the government to keep trust on chartered accounts for statutory audits, despite demand raised to reform the auditing institutions.President of ICAB Maria Howlader FCA said this in a press conference on ‘Safeguarding Audit for Nati...
The American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) has secured the 2nd position among all public and private universities in Bangladesh in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2025. The announcement was made recently, marking a significant milestone for the institution in promoting ...
The 17th Annual Senate Meeting of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) was held on 19 June at the university’s Bijoy Auditorium in Dhaka.BUP Vice Chancellor and Senate Chairman Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam presided over the meeting. At the beginning of the session, he expressed grat...
Secretariat employees on Thursday threatened to lay siege the Ministry of Finance on Sunday if Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 is not scrapped within the next 48 hours.The announcement came during a brief rally on Thursday in front of Building No 4 at the Secretariat, where leaders of the...
Secretariat employees staged fresh protests on Thursday again, demanding immediate repeal of the Public Service Ordinance, threatening a tougher action programme if their demands are not met.The employees were seen gathered beneath the buildings of the Cabinet Division and the Ministry of Public Adm...
From now on, August 5 will be observed as a public holiday in honour of the Student-People’s Uprising Day, Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki announced on Thursday.Speaking at a press conference held at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital, Farooki said the decision to decla...
National,Politics,City
Referring to BNP leader Ishraque Hossain, Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said the tenure of Dhaka South City Corporation mayor has ended, and therefore, there is no opportunity for administering an oath.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday at the m...
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